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Buy OnlineLes Hauts is a balance. Made from the collective and cooperative experience of the 150 grape growing residents of the town Embres-et-Castelmaure just north of the Spanish border. The grapes for Les Hauts de Castelmaure are hand harvested and then vinified using state of the art equipment, with three separate fermentations taking place for each variety. The wines are then aged in old oak barrels for 10-12 months and bottled. This is a jewel of the Corbières region, full bodied and juicy with an herby freshness.
Reviews for previous vintages below…
95/100 Decanter UK (2018 Vintage)
"Embres-et-Castelmaure is a tiny village in Corbières with about 150 residents, all of whom are grape-growing families and many are members of the local cooperative, which produces this wine. Collectively they own 350ha of vineyards divided into 760 separately managed plots of vines aged up to 80 years. The grapes for Les Hauts de Castelmaure are hand-harvested and vinified using ultra-modern equipment. The Carignan goes through carbonic maceration to best display the fruit characters before being blended with Syrah and Grenache and transferred into one-, two- and three-year-old barrels to be matured for 10-12 months. Justin Howard-Sneyd MW: Big, ripe nose showing deep sweet kirsch and strawberry jam notes. Some oak vanilla too, and the sweet oak supports some tasty, ripe fruit aromas showing great concentration of ripe fruit. Nice spice on the finish. Andrew Jefford: Refined and compelling aromas of black fruits, fine leather, soft spice and herbal freshness. Concentrated and deep, with a real Languedoc nobility. The tannins are not prolific but well-managed, supple and supportive. Classy, drinkable, very much of its place. Frederic Marti: Yummy! Rich and powerful with a great finish, a touch warming though."
16.5+/20 Richard Hemming MW, JancisRobinson.com (2018 Vintage)
"Superb power of fruit, with a burnt-meat and liquorice note. Spicy and dry with loads of heft and chew on the palate. Finishes with a minty note that gives a welcome lift on the finish. Incredibly savoury, and very much a food wine. Lots of impressive flavour concentration and length – I'd like to taste this again in five years."
